A chilling story from a reader brings home an important point: never assume your safety gear works. Check it. Frequently.
Boat Maintenance
Keep your cruising boat and gear working well with these suggestions for routine maintenance and simple fixes.
Clean Your Dinghy Bottom More Easily
We’ve finally found a product that significantly cut the time to clean the bottom of the dinghy. Even better — it’s cheap!
Will You Remember How You Left Your Boat?
Storing your boat on the hard or on the dock? Use these tips to help you stay organized when you return.
Choosing and Installing a Victron Battery Monitor
Step-by-step instructions with pictures to install a Victron battery monitor, including reasons for having a battery monitor and why we chose this one.
The Real Costs of Owning a Boat: What the Listing Price Doesn’t Tell You
That listing price is only the beginning. Here are the boat ownership costs many buyers don’t see coming.
12 Volt Wiring Size Chart
Marine product: A waterproof, grease-proof 12V DC wire size chart with 3% and 10% voltage drop tables for both regular and engine-room installations. Also includes a battery state of charge chart for flooded lead acid, AGM, and lithium batteries plus a watts/volts/amps conversion chart. Compact enough for the toolbox or engine room.
Cruise Farther, Spend Less
Online course: You don’t have to be rich to go cruising. Practical guidance for budget-conscious cruisers — which boat, which systems, how to save underway, and how to bring in income while you do it.
Motoring with Debris in the Water
While motoring, your engine circulates sea water. Keep debris in the water from causing your engine to overheat.
Boat Steering Pin Stuck and Feeling Stupid
Feeling stupid. Boat work and the cruising life can do that to you. The lessons we learned as well as how to move on and regain confidence.
Installing a New Halyard
Installing a new halyard without going up the mast is far safer. Here’s how we did it in less than five minutes.